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While hiring isn't robust, industry analysts say demand is growing for Wall Street financial workers -- including risk managers who help stop employers from repeating the risky behavior that nearly toppled the industry 18 months ago. "The people getting jobs now are the ones with specialized skill sets," says Jeff Visithpanich, a consultant.

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If you want to get others to write recommendations for you on LinkedIn, you can either ask them to do it, or write one about them first and hope they'll return the favor, Brad Sylvester writes. Keep recommendations professional, he writes, because saying that " 'Bill is a lot of fun to work with and is a real hoot at holiday office parties,' is not helpful."

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will reportedly take over next week as the point person for the compromise climate-and-energy bill being crafted by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Reid faces a tough task on moving forward with the bill this year, given that he has to tackle Wall Street reform, a Supreme Court nomination, financial-recovery measures and his re-election race.

Although Illinois' planned high-speed rail system will run at just half the highest "high" speed -- 110 mph -- the state's Chicago-to-St. Louis route will offer service that is competitive with air or auto travel. "Over time, the goal is to create routes connecting regions together for a seamless network," said Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo.

Don't think you have to find a first job that's perfect -- because there's no such thing, Alexandra Levit writes. "A sensible approach is to insist on a single, intelligent first step and look for a job that will allow you to acquire as many transferable skills (project management, sales, marketing, client relations, etc.) as possible," she writes.

Despite headlines shouting about a U.S. recovery, small business is still suffering, according to recent data. Confidence and hiring were down in a March survey, and business expectations remain low with "poor sales" most often cited as a culprit. The Discover Small Business Watch also plunged in March with 58% of respondents saying the economy is getting worse, up from 22% in February.